(July 22, 2024, 11:26 AM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — New York and its environmental agency are entitled to default judgment against 13 defendants who failed to respond to allegations that they dumped hazardous waste at a park in Suffolk County, N.Y., because the plaintiffs sufficiently stated their claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act as well as state law, a New York federal magistrate judge found in recommending that the plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment be granted....